Yun had just arrived at a narrow alley when he saw a boy punched in the stomach by a bully. The boy was cornered by three of them. After taking that hit in the stomach he seemed close to fainting. Seeing the boy, this is him, a thought ran through Yun's mind.
Yun didn't waste a second and grabbed the bully's hand just as it was about to strike again. The other two's attention shifted to Yun upon seeing him grab the bully's hand. Their eyes widened as if seeing something utterly new, for a moment no sound escaped their throats.
"Ganging up on one? Pathetic, if you ask me."
"Ah…uh n-no i-it's not like t-that," the bully stammered.
Yun released the bully's hand, because by grabbing the bully's hand he could feel the emotions from him. The emotions he was feeling from the bully only disgusted him.
Yun noticed scattered medicines on the ground. He immediately understood why the bullies targeted the boy. The bullies likely wanted the medicines, but the boy's resistance tore the bag.
"Go now! I don't wanna call my dad. He's an S rank, so if you wanna stick around, that's on you."
At the mention of 'S rank,' the bullies fled without a word.
The boy's eyes widened at Yun but he stayed silent, he probably was too afraid to speak. He quickly began collecting the fallen medicines from the ground.
Yun glanced at the boy, His cheeks were sunken and his body was thinner, it seemed like the boy hadn't eaten for quite a while, even his clothes were torn with messily stitched parts he probably had done himself.
He looked pitiful.
"What's your name? And how old are you?" Yun asked.
The boy looked up to Yun's face, there was gratitude in his eyes. Yun crouched down and started to pick the scattered medicines with the boy. The boy didn't answer but Yun understood why. He just simply helped the boy gather medicines, but by falling on the ground the medicines were completely covered in mud, no way it was still usable.
But the boy still took the medicines and somehow placed them inside the torn bag. The boy bowed in gratitude before he was about to leave. Before the boy could turn around and leave, Yun grabbed the boy's hand. it's still sleeping…. That's good. Yun let out a sigh of relief.
"Why don't you show me where you bought these medicines? I can get you new ones."
The boy shook his head. He probably thought why this stranger was helping him? Or why would he go to such lengths to help someone like him?
"Don't worry, I think the medicines you bought have a refund and I will help you with it, I had the same situation before." Yun offered a kind smile to the boy.
This time the boy seemed convinced, he nodded his head and led the way. Yun noticed something moving behind him, he turned around to see but there was nothing. Did they already find him? Yun thought before going with the boy.
Yun stepped inside the medical store with the boy. Yun asked the part-time worker to give new medicines to the boy but of course the part-timer declined without even looking at them, while reading a comic book, saying there was no system like a refund.
The boy turned his head down, disappointed he turned around to leave but Yun stopped him again. This time Yun snatched the comic book from the part-timer. The reaction of the part-timer was the same as the bullies after seeing Yun.
"Oh it seems like you don't know me but I'm a friend of the owner so I want you to refund these medicines for me and give me new ones."
"O-okay! p-please gi-ve m-me a moment."
It's pretty easy to get whatever you want from Earth by lying, Yun thought as he stepped out of the store. Yun handed the new bag of medicines to the boy. Yun asked the boy why he needed the medicines but the boy again didn't answer. The boy walked ahead and turned around expecting Yun to follow him.
Again!
Yun turned around sensing someone's presence following but there was no one, those damn demons! Yun cursed out.
Yun's hand instinctively moved to the crystal stone hidden in his pocket, his only passage back to Heaven. Once used as a weapon, that path would close forever. He hoped it wouldn't come to that.
As they made their way to the boy's house Yun glanced around, wherever Yun looked there was only trash, running gutters, children playing in mud, all houses were made with plastic cover and a few woods.
The boy went inside a house, it was the same as all the houses around. Following him Yun also stepped inside. There was a woman lying down, her cheeks were also sunken like the boy's. She seemed like she was sick, very sick! Beside her a boy around the age of 13-14 years old was sleeping.
Now Yun had understood why the boy bought medicines. "What happened to your mom?"
The boy didn't answer but he pointed his finger at his neck. Yun didn't understand what the boy was trying to say. Seeing up close the boy's neck was damaged like someone had gripped it so strong that it even left fingerprints on his neck. Is this why he couldn't speak?
Even after going through this he still managed to keep his cool?! Well that's good for us! But from now on I will protect him from any danger and keep him away from awakening…. After all, this is the reason why I came to the Earth, Yun thought, staring at the boy.
"But I should take care of that bastard first that has been following us," Yun muttered as he stepped out.